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Hard Reset Question

Right now this has really pee'd me off. I've gone to send a text message to my Dad, but I can't because the "phone memory is full", WTF ! Thank god it weren't important. BTW apparently I'm at 6mb so I don't understand how one small (KB?) message is gunna make a difference.
So I was wondering if a hard reset is worth a try? I'd like to know if it will actually free up any memory. I think I heard of people doing this and it has, is this correct? Also, will it remember all of the apps I've downloaded through the market? Also, any info on HTC backup software would be awesome help, but dw if not I'm sure there are loads of threads about that anyway.
Many thanks in advance!

A hard reset will basically give you the default clean ROM that you have installed.
Does your phone not have to many SMS's saved?

dnlgee said:
A hard reset will basically give you the default clean ROM that you have installed.
Does your phone not have to many SMS's saved?
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Is there anyway I can find out how many I have?

Well I'm looking at my Froyo messaging settings here and I can see an option saying that it's limiting the messages in a conversation to 200 and 20 mms messages per conversation.
Not sure about the stock SenseUI ROM though.

dnlgee said:
Well I'm looking at my Froyo messaging settings here and I can see an option saying that it's limiting the messages in a conversation to 200 and 20 mms messages per conversation.
Not sure about the stock SenseUI ROM though.
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Yeah mine says that as well but that doesn't show how many, and I'd rather it didn't just delete any message

Mine shows a number next to the conversation stating how many messages there are.

dnlgee said:
Mine shows a number next to the conversation stating how many messages there are.
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Damn, doesn't appear to be on stock ROM, thanks for info though.

Anyone? Would like to know ASAP, thanks
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ergh delete

Settings > apps > click on an app see how much is in cache, you can clear out some unused apps also maybe.
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jimlad said:
Settings > apps > click on an app see how much is in cache, you can clear out some unused apps also maybe.
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Thanks but I've already tried that they all of them are usinghardly any cache.
Can any one else answer my original question?
Thanks
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You should be able to see the number of messages per conversation, that has been a standard thing for Sense as far as I can remember. If you really want to keep a hold of your text message try an sms back up program. I use one that backs everything to Gmail for me so it doesn't really matter if it getsdeleted.
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Jabbafat23 said:
You should be able to see the number of messages per conversation, that has been a standard thing for Sense as far as I can remember. If you really want to keep a hold of your text message try an sms back up program. I use one that backs everything to Gmail for me so it doesn't really matter if it getsdeleted.
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That sounds like an awesome idea, what's the app called?
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dpk said:
That sounds like an awesome idea, what's the app called?
It's not an app that you're downloading, the message per conversation counter is a default feature on Sense. Next to each contact that you send messages to, you should see a number in brackets next to them. I'm really not sure if you know what we're all talking about or we may not be understanding what you are after but I'd suggest give us a rundown on your software version and whether for not you have a carrier phone and maybe a screen shot of your messaging inbox.
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[Q] Problem with my Messages

I have searched everywhere for this answer, but I thought it would be worth a shot asking here.
I have been trying for a month now to get this problem fixed and its on my last nerve. When I send or receive a message from my girlfriend, it pops up as two names instead of one. (refer to the attachment) The contact named "David" pops in front of her name every time. I have tried reinstalling and deleting or even re adding both people's contact. Nothing has worked and would absolutely LOVE some input on this. It happens with a few of my other contacts, but this one is the one I use all the time so you can understand my torment.
I cant go into the thread to send a message, because everything i send goes to both people obviously (very annoying)
I appreciate any help....BTW I use handcent for messaging
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Wipe
I never heard of this but any time I get something similar i wipe and also wipe the cache.

Jonathan062 said:
I never heard of this but any time I get something similar i wipe and also wipe the cache.
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Isn't it weird.... i didn't have one problem with this on 2.1. When i wiped everything... including cache... for SkyRaider the first time thats when it started. I have had to wipe many times for SkyRaider ROM updates and every time i do, i still get this problem in some form.
It wouldn't be ROM related would it... or is it a Froyo thing? grr

This pic shows it a little better.
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did someone mess with your phone and save your girls number under david lee as well? Also, did you text both of them in the same message? Can you confirm that david lee is not receiving your texts as well?

qmartman711 said:
did someone mess with your phone and save your girls number under david lee as well? Also, did you text both of them in the same message? Can you confirm that david lee is not receiving your texts as well?
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No one has messed with my phone at all. I just checked again and they are both totally separate. David Lee does not have Chelsea's in his contact numbers and Chelsea does not have Davids.
Yes if i actually send a message through that thread it will go to both of them. With my brother's contact, its worse. When the thread pops up for his it's not just two people, its like 9. The only way to ensure that she only receives my message is to go to her contact and select the "send message" button with her cell number.

Did you originally send both of them the same message?

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Did you originally send both of them the same message?
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No, I never send either of them the same message and originally I probably sent a message to Chelsea and that's what it looks like everytime instead of her name by itself.
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BIGshane123456 said:
I have searched everywhere for this answer, but I thought it would be worth a shot asking here.
I have been trying for a month now to get this problem fixed and its on my last nerve. When I send or receive a message from my girlfriend, it pops up as two names instead of one. (refer to the attachment) The contact named "David" pops in front of her name every time. I have tried reinstalling and deleting or even re adding both people's contact. Nothing has worked and would absolutely LOVE some input on this. It happens with a few of my other contacts, but this one is the one I use all the time so you can understand my torment.
I cant go into the thread to send a message, because everything i send goes to both people obviously (very annoying)
I appreciate any help....BTW I use handcent for messaging
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Try removing the facebook link
That looks to be the issue
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superchilpil said:
Try removing the facebook link
That looks to be the issue
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I removed Facebook link for HTC sense... rebooted phone...uninstalled handcent... then reinstalled....sent a message to her and as u can tell from the picture, it didn't change anything ... I also rebooted and tried again with the same results.
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Get rid of david lee as a contact...problem solved. But seriously get rid of the contact u made and use the facebook one only (u might need to add his number to it)
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gimini said:
Get rid of david lee as a contact...problem solved. But seriously get rid of the contact u made and use the facebook one only (u might need to add his/ number to it)
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As you tell from this picture, it doesn't really fix it. I deleted his contact...un synced Facebook....uninstalled and reinstalled handcent to arrive at what I have in that picture. How in the Hell the number still shows up even after the contact is gone is ridiculous...
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BIGshane123456 said:
As you tell from this picture, it doesn't really fix it. I deleted his contact...un synced Facebook....uninstalled and reinstalled handcent to arrive at what I have in that picture. How in the Hell the number still shows up even after the contact is gone is ridiculous...
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Im asumming this is a sense rom
They have a knack for messing.with your contacts and that's one reason I gave them up
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Is there anyone else who has a suggestion?
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Anyway to erase frequently called/contacted from phone/people apps

Haven't found a way to remove frequently called or contacted from the phone or people app. Kinda sux seeing my ex's info right there every single time. Temps me to text or call. And yes drunk texts apply here so it'd b nice to be able to remove these on demand lol
Anyone know how?
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Press the menu button and then clear call log.

Not the call log. The frequently contacted. Its the last column in each app, phone app and people app. designated with a star icon at the top of the people app
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Oh sorry. I misunderstood you. You could try clearing data in the contacts app. Not contact storage.
I haven't tried it so I can't confirm. That's my only educated guess.
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El Daddy said:
Oh sorry. I misunderstood you. You could try clearing data in the contacts app. Not contact storage.
I haven't tried it so I can't confirm. That's my only educated guess.
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Not work :-(
Anyone know how?

Have you tried. Logging in on your computer and digging around? I looked briefly the other day and didn't see anything.
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bump this !
This is super annoying

spunks3 said:
Haven't found a way to remove frequently called or contacted from the phone or people app. Kinda sux seeing my ex's info right there every single time. Temps me to text or call. And yes drunk texts apply here so it'd b nice to be able to remove these on demand lol
Anyone know how?
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Hold down on contacted and then hit the 3 dot thing and tap remove from log. To remove favorites you gotta log in and click on contact and then find the find the setting to remove starred contacts but it didnt update on phone. I dont know how to proceed with that part.
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On market there's a app called history eraser
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theboo7 said:
On market there's a app called history eraser
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Not work on ICS GN :-(
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Bump. This really is annoying.

Only way I have found is to clear data for contacts storage. Really annoying, hope they add it in later on.

B1ny said:
Only way I have found is to clear data for contacts storage. Really annoying, hope they add it in later on.
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Not working on GN .... :-(
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Clearing data in contacts storage works on mine, and it must on yours as well.
Only thing I can think of if that doesn't work, is if you store your contacts on phone or sim. But can't understand why you would do that.

B1ny said:
Clearing data in contacts storage works on mine, and it must on yours as well.
Only thing I can think of if that doesn't work, is if you store your contacts on phone or sim. But can't understand why you would do that.
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How can this data be cleared? I have been trying to find a way to clear the frequently called list for weeks since ICS came out!!

Anyone thought about checking in their Gmail account online to see if Google has said contact(s) flagged as frequently contacted?

Settings
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All
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Clear data
boot_sectorz said:
How can this data be cleared? I have been trying to find a way to clear the frequently called list for weeks since ICS came out!!
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Sadly that clears even the call log. I want to clear the frequently called list or some specific numbers from that list but maintain my history.
I don't mind the frequently called list to be hidden since I can manually clear the history. Frequently called list however does not allow deleting some numbers.
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boot_sectorz said:
Sadly that clears even the call log. I want to clear the frequently called list or some specific numbers from that list but maintain my history.
I don't mind the frequently called list to be hidden since I can manually clear the history. Frequently called list however does not allow deleting some numbers.
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This really is annoying.

you could just install exdialer from the market. you can delete individually calls from call history (incoming/outgoing/missed). and you get T9 dialing with it as well as a bunch of other useful stuff missing from the stock dialer.
doesn't consume much resources, very fast, and you can have it look almost exactly like stock dialer with its ICS theme.
If you want to have the same stock dialer icon you can use desktop visualizer (free) and link it to the stock dialer icon.

Contacts gone!!

So my dad has the EVO 4g I'm pretty good with tech stuff but this I just can't figure out, his phone was acting werid so I did the first trouble shooting you do with anything power off power on however when we powered it on all the contacts were gone, when you look at view theres 900 contacts but with no phone number any ideas
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Does he have a google account setup?? Because if he did is only a matter of signing to your Gmail and they all should be stored there.

Yes he does I thought the same thing I was like its fin Google backs it up but nope not there either
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This may sound funny but could it be possible that he has more than one and you're not using the right Gmail account? Well in any case you can go into that Gmail account that he used from a computer and check if those contacts are there; now if the're not then I think is fair to say they're gone almost for sure... Now if they are there then we can figure out a way to get those back in there.

7pd3 said:
So my dad has the EVO 4g I'm pretty good with tech stuff but this I just can't figure out, his phone was acting werid so I did the first trouble shooting you do with anything power off power on however when we powered it on all the contacts were gone, when you look at view theres 900 contacts but with no phone number any ideas
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Is he on a stock rom or have you installed something non-stock for him? Also, as stated above, log in to contacts.google.com and see whats there. If they are there then go into accounts/sync, disable google contacts sync then reboot, connect to good wifi connection, and re-enable contacts sync.
If they aren't showing up in contacts.google.com theeeeeen I might try another reboot. Or maybe fix permissions if you are rooted and your recovery supports it.

Relentless D said:
Is he on a stock rom or have you installed something non-stock for him? Also, as stated above, log in to contacts.google.com and see whats there. If they are there then go into accounts/sync, disable google contacts sync then reboot, connect to good wifi connection, and re-enable contacts sync.
If they aren't showing up in contacts.google.com theeeeeen I might try another reboot. Or maybe fix permissions if you are rooted and your recovery supports it.
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He's on stock ROM I never touched his phone like that Lol I will try that and let you no thanks for the tips!!!
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transferring texts to a pc

is there a way to transfer texts to your pc? . ive used kiels air but thats temp i think im looking for something that can be viewed off line , thanks. also how can i find the posts that ive posted. i thought it would just drop down when i click on my name like ppc geeks, thanks

gorelow said:
is there a way to transfer texts to your pc? . ive used kiels air but thats temp i think im looking for something that can be viewed off line , thanks. also how can i find the posts that ive posted. i thought it would just drop down when i click on my name like ppc geeks, thanks
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sorry i guess it does drop down from my name. so just the text question please . thanks

I use sms backup+ and it saves all texts to my Google account.
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You can use Google Voice to have a copy sent to an email. Or use Texter Plus if your sprint and willing to pay 2.99 a month for the service. But you can save reply or delete remotely with Texter Plus.
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KB112 said:
I use sms backup+ and it saves all texts to my Google account.
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does this app AUTOMATICALLY save texts or do u have to go to the app and keep updating???

2kidz said:
does this app AUTOMATICALLY save texts or do u have to go to the app and keep updating???
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Automatically does it.
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xKrisx said:
You can use Google Voice to have a copy sent to an email. Or use Texter Plus if your sprint and willing to pay 2.99 a month for the service. But you can save reply or delete remotely with Texter Plus.
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With Google Voice, you can also route all your SMS through it...making all your texts you send/receive viewable on acomputer real-time....also does some other neat stuff.

i backed it up but i cant find the texts on my gmail account. where would they be? thanks again

gorelow said:
i backed it up but i cant find the texts on my gmail account. where would they be? thanks again
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Click SMS in the list of folders in your Gmail account. All texts will be backed up and shown on the right. You can import them into your phone whenever, like if you flash a new ROM but want your text history imported. The only limitation is MMS.
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